Joseph Small plays
various servants and page type characters throughout the play
and he is a brilliant example of how to make a choice and really
go for it. As a result of his dedication to his smaller roles,
he brings a lot of the humor and fun to the production even
though he is not on stage for very long.— Laura Bozzone (The Taming of
the Shrew, ShakespeareNYC)

Giving Joseph Small the part of the widow who is in
love with one of Bianca's suitors is astute. Small
has wondrous ways of making a character ridiculous but not
silly.
— The New York Times: D.J.R. Bruckner
(The Taming of
the Shrew, Kings County Shakespeare Company)

Joseph Small adds a nice turn as the bailiff.
— The New York Times: Wilborn Hampton (Tartuffe,
Jean Cocteau Repertory)

As played by Joseph Small, the diminutive gentleman,
befuddled by the impertinent romantic antics of his courting
son, bellows and sputters paternal tirades and polemics with
exquisite exasperated delivery and in the frisky spirit the
author intended. His is one of several finely wrought
performances that elevate the director's smooth staging.
— Back Stage: Diane Snyder (The Rivals,
Kings County Shakespeare Company)

Joseph Small is most endearing as the rejected suitor.
— Back Stage: Irene Backalenick (The Playboy of the
Western World, Theatre Ten Ten)

Joseph Small has turned William Carlos Williams'
life, poems, and stories into theatre and has succeeded brilliantly
. . . an embarrassment of riches.
— Back Stage: Victor Gluck (beside the white chickens)

The performance attempts — and succeeds —
in capturing both the visual and lyrical quality of
Williams' poetry. The delivery is well-timed and there is
none of the self-consciousness which often destroys such performances.
— Review Magazine, Edinburgh: Oonah McNeile (beside
the white chickens,
Edinburgh International Fringe Festival)

Written and performed by Small with simple glowing
honesty. An immediately engaging performer. Small
created and sustained a warm inviting world, in the process
also providing a lovely, lyrical and completely winning example
of quietly spectacular theatre.
— OOBR: Doug DeVita (beside the white chickens)

There was also a phalanx of players who contributed
performances worthy of this production and Wilde — most particularly
Joseph Small's Mr. Dumby, both supercilious and sincere.
— OOBR: David Mackler (Lady Windermere's Fan,
Woman Seeking)

A special word of praise to Joseph Small, who did great
and wonderful things with Biondello.
— OOBR: David Mackler (The Taming of the Shrew,
Hawk & Handsaw)

Joseph Small is a character actor's character
actor.
— OOBR: David Mackler (Hamlet,
Kings County Shakespeare Company)

Even the cameos and background players go full throttle,
as evidenced by Joseph Small's Tailor and Page (from the Christopher
Sly introduction, left complete intact).
— The Advocate, Connecticut: E. Kyle Minor (The Taming of
the Shrew, Shakespeare on the Sound)

The gifted Joseph Small goes straight
over the top with the high-wired role of the scientist and
serves up some of the more openly satirical scenes.
— NYTheatre.com: Spencer Chandler (Faint,
New York International Fringe Festival)

Joseph Small becomes a satirical emblem of Middle American
tackiness.
— Back Stage: Andy Propst (Faint,
New York International Fringe Festival)

"Joseph hadn't done many commercials. The reason
I felt he was good is that he had a certain theatricality
that I thought went with the spot. His theatrical experience
did come in handy. The guy could do the lines over and over,
which you don't always find in untrained actors."— Director Eric Marciano in an interview in Back Stage
with commercial casting directors.